The Bricklayers Arms
The Brick was my home from 1954-1972. My parents Ted and Doris Simmonds were the publicans and maybe there are people out there who still remember them. My Aunt Ethel used to entertain everyone on the piano which she loved to play and was a big attraction. Dad used to make such enormous fires throughout the winter, which were so hot everyone had to stand in the middle of the room as far away as possible!! My bedroom was above the bar with the jukebox and so I used to listen to all the top 20. My brother Terry would let me keep all the old singles when they came off the jukebox. It was the end of an era for me when the brick was pulled down in the 1970s.
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RE: RE: The Bricklayers Arms
Hi Audrey, my mum and dad (Jill and George Blewer) must have taken on the pub after your parents. We were there in the early 1970s. We weren't allowed to go up to the top floor because the floor was rotten. I can remember some Gypsies coming to the pub once and they bought their Shetland pony in to the bar. There was a piano and drum kit in the lounge bar that we used to play on. The garden I remember as being huge and very overgrown, and there was a Chinese takeaway next door with a young girl called Bik Fong. (I don't know why I can remember her name after all these years). The pub was pulled down after we left.
Comment from Jane Fornero on Tuesday, 16th February 2010.
RE: RE: The Bricklayers Arms
Thank you Jane for your memories - yes the floor was rotten and we weren't allowed up in the attic in the latter years either. It's a shame the building was pulled down but I suppose it was too far gone to sort out properly. We used to play the piano and drum kit too!!! We left in 1972 which is when your parents will have taken over. My brothers still have a framed print of the Bricklayers Arms pub board at home. Best wishes to you. Audrey
Comment from Audrey Walker on Tuesday, 16th February 2010.
RE: RE: RE: The Bricklayers Arms
I think that the photogaph was taken in about 1964/65 as the lady with the white skirt turning up into Lee Road is my mother, with me in tow and I was about 6 years old. She was returning from work at The Bull Hotel public house, the building with the big chimneys on the same side of the road. The landlord then was Arthur Shrimpton who was originally from Dulwich. The shop with the weighing scales outside was Bill Kenny's newsagents, he went on in later years to own a Betting Shop in the Malling Road.
Comment from Rosemary Crouch on Saturday, 24th July 2010.